(Untitled), 20 Jul 1940
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/9A/85
Scope and Contents
Note from John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC with the opinion of 1st Lord Lloyd [Secretary of State for the Colonies] that the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] should be humoured or he might "break" with the government; Lord Lascelles [later 7th Lord Harewood] and Sir Walter Monckton advise he be "treated as a petulant baby"; annotated by Peck that WSC would not alter his decision.
Dates
- Creation: 20 Jul 1940
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Language of Materials
English
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Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk